Constitution Quiz
25 Questions I 999 Attempts I Created By UIS Volunteer 1137 days agoAre you a grade school civics drop out or a Supreme Court Justice? Test your knowledge with our Constitution Quiz, in honor of Constitution Day!
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Who is the head of the executive branch of government? |
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What Amendment to the Constitution protects freedom of speech? |
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What are the first 10 Amendments often called? |
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What three primary branches of federal government did the Constitution create? |
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What right does Amendment 2 protect? |
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In what year was the Constitution created? |
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How many Amendments have been made to the Constitution? |
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According to the Constitution, who is the commander-in-chief of the US Navy? |
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How long is the term of a member of the House of Representatives? |
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Which Article of the Constitution created the Legislative branch? |
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Which Amendment abolished slavery? |
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Which Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex”? |
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What document governed the United States before the Constitution was written? |
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In what city was the Constitutional Convention held? |
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At minimum, how old is the President required to be? |
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Who brokered the “Great Compromise” between James Madison’s and Edmund Randolph’s Virginia Plan and William Patterson’s New Jersey Plan? |
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How many “persons” was a slave counted as in the original Constitution? |
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What Amendment allows Congress to collect income taxes? |
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Which states were the first and last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution, respectively? |
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When was the last Amendment to the Constitution ratified? |
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According to the National Archives and Records Administration, how many words are in the Constitution? |
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Who actually engrossed the Constitution (wrote out the final form)? |
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In the debate leading up to ratification of the Constitution, James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton wrote a series of essays supporting the Constitution known as the “Federalist Papers.” What Latin pseudonym did they use to author the Papers? |
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Who was called the “Expounder of the Constitution”? |
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Which of these methods of electing the President was not considered by the Constitutional Convention? |
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